councilmate en · NOUN
Etymology
From council + -mate.
Meanings
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A member of the same council.
This enormously expensive proposition was ignored by Mayor Washington and Shaw's councilmates, as was his previous suggestion that all gas stations in Chicago be required to maintain operating bathrooms.
1988 May 6, Ben Joravsky, “Mystery zoning: What's going down in the Ninth Ward”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2015:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| councilmates | Number=Plur | lexicographic |